History 451 - world since 1945

HISTORY 451-A

The World since 1945

Dr. Burton Van Name Edwards (Van)

Monday & Friday 2:00-3:15

Unistructure 259

 

Second Paper Assignment

Due Friday 10/26

  Read Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism or Nasser On Revolution , or Qtub’s Milestones or the anonymous How to Read Donald Duck or find part of a work by Mao or Ho that explicitly deals with anti-colonialism).

Write a 5-6 page paper, in accord with the following guidelines.

 

1. Start to think of the work in terms of the previous document analysis assignment.  How does this document reflect the state of opinion about colonialism during the 195o’s and 60’s.

2. Try to analyze and describe the ideology of your chosen author. If the work is long, deal only with a specific issue.

3. Critique the author’s point of view. Are there fallacies? Are there ideas whose times has not come? Is the work just an intense expression of grievances based on the author’s experience.

This assignment will constitute 20% of your final grade. 

You can turn in this paper in person or email it to [email protected] or [email protected]